Add the following lines to your WordPress Theme’s template functions.php file (For example, functions.php file for a Theme named “default” would probably reside in the directory wp-content/themes/default/functions.php) or create it as a Plugin by filling the additional Standard Plugin Information:
<?php
function custom_password_form($form) {
$subs = array(
'#<p>This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below:</p>#' => '<p>Your own custom message.</p>',
'#<form(.*?)>#' => '<form$1 class="passwordform">',
'#<input(.*?)type="password"(.*?) />#' => '<input$1type="password"$2 class="text" />',
'#<input(.*?)type="submit"(.*?) />#' => '<input$1type="submit"$2 class="button" />'
);
echo preg_replace(array_keys($subs), array_values($subs), $form);
}
add_filter('the_password_form', 'custom_password_form');
?>
From the snippet above, here are the changes that have been made to the original post password form:
- Replace “This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below:” with “Your own custom message.”.
- Add class name
passwordform
to form
element.
- Add class name
text
to input
element with type attribute that has the value password
.
- Add class name
button
to input
element with type attribute that has the value submit
.
Customize the snippet to suit your needs and preferences.